Stay still patient; wilt thou my sister of merciful troth be?
I shall attempt the halterof thy life make less tighten'd!
I shall climb the yew,
Will it subdue me or not!
Swooning emotions smite my bosom -
I have an aptness depriev'd thy eyrie
Fro many another a lass -
Dodge thither sable of yore!
Oh! - ne'er alas;
Lodge here fore'ermore.
A narrow dell hath now for me turn'd into a broad land;
A land rich with fields of the Simbelmyne.
Sonorous to my ears are the words form'd by thy tongue
Conquer me! - Waylay me! - Swathe me 'twixt thy arms!
Make me sense the wine which is drunk by queens,
Make me sense the wine which is drunk by kings,
And let it flow white and full in tast o'er my lips.
And let it flow red and full in taste o'er my lips.
A dais'd bridge o'er the ghyll,
In which a river bottomless -
I would have drowned,
Yet thou drewest me out soaking!
Save thou art not yet all parched -
Eavesdroppest ye: A wee drop,
Whence it comes I can only deem,
Lest this for me is a gay dream:
A dream that will sojourn eternally -
In which theatre I will act!
I can hear it! - I can feel it!
Yet I will not tarry idly!
Let it adamant be -
Empty the flagon in me!